Production Roles - Miss Miller

Production is not a specific department, but a group of people in a series of functional groups that separately work on different aspects of the film. These roles are incorporated into films as they make it easier to organise and make a successful film. The roles include;

• producers - A Film Producer creates the conditions for filming. The Producer initiates, coordinates, supervises, and controls matters such as the money raising, hiring items, and arranging for distributors. The producer is evident throughout the film and holds a key role in the development and completion of the project.
• directors - The director manages the creative aspects of the film, including directing the content and the fluidity of the films plot, directing actors, organising the location of the scenes, and managing technical details such as cameras, lighting etc.
• actors -  These are the people who play specified roles within the play in order to make the whole film make sense. They contribute to the completion of the play because they're making the storyline possible.
• director of photography - The DoP is the leader of the camera and lighting crew of the film. They make decisions on lighting and framing of shots in conjunction with the film's director. The director tells the DoP how he/she desires the shots to look and then the DoP creates the intended effects.
• music producer - The music producer is the head of the sound department, and is responsible for recording all sound in the film. Involves the choice of equipment used such as microphones/speakers etc.
• screenplay writer - Screenwriters are responsible for researching the story, developing the narrative, writing the screenplay, and delivering it, in the required format, to Development Executives. Screenwriters therefore have great influence over the creative direction and emotional impact of the screenplay and, arguably, of the finished film.
• mes co-coordinator -  Are responsible for the arrangement of everything that appears in the framing – actors, lighting, décor, props, costume.
• editor - The Film Editor is the person who assembles the various shots into a coherent film, with the help of the Director. There are usually several Assistant Editors.

Production roles are a pivotal part of any film as they enable the co-ordination of roles within films. Our production roles were as follows:

producers - MartiniProductions

directors - Domenico Martini, Robyn Tansley

actors -  James Simth, Daisy Ridley, Harris Wane

director of photography - Harry Fagan

music producer - Alfred Hernandez

screenplay writer - Domenico Martini, Robyn Tansley

mes co-cordinator -  Harry Fagan

editor - Domenico Martini, Robyn Tansley, Harry Fagan

The main reason for Harry being the director of photography was that he had, had previous experience of filming before so therefore our group believed that he would be best suited for the role as he could convey our group narrative clearly to the audience. Harry was also the mese-en scene coordinator as he could easily link micro elements within our thriller with relevant aspects of mise-en scene.

Secondly we chose Robyn as one of the directors as she has good coordination skills which would enable her to position the actors in relevant positions which would make the thriller more effective and conventional. She also was involved in writing the screenplay for the actors as she had a clear idea of where the narrative should go and what should be done in order to make the thriller film more effective.

Finally I was amongst the directing panel as I was good at ensuring that everything was filmed in according to plan, and also I had a structure of where everything should be filmed. We all also were involved in editing the thriller as we believed that it was important to gather and incorporate everyone's ideas into the editing so that the sequence would be more conventional.

Allocating production roles amongst our group definitely made the production stage much easier as everybody knew what they were in charge of and the responsibilities in which they were assigned. The production roles would have made our thriller more effective as it would enable everybody to have a clear scene of mind towards our thriller, meaning that it was more structured and conventional as the ideas were thoroughly thought through.